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I’ve seen several folks do a top books of 2014 blog. Thought I might do something similar. Here’s ten books I really enjoyed this year. Bec...

Here's the final installment of the Writing Group Presentation, and possible my last post of 2014. See you on the other side of the year...

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all. I know it's Christmas and most folks won't be checking blogger but I do want to get this...

Just three pieces of my presentation left to post here. The last three sections are a little shorter than what came before. Here's Part ...

If you decide that a writing group is for you, how do you find one? Or, if you can’t find one, how do you establish one? Support groups...

Part 2: The Whys and Whats. What can a writing group do for you? When I ask writing group members this question I usually get some vari...

Well, I had my second presentation on "The Care and Feeding of Writing Groups" last night and had two folks show up. Not a big aud...

Finished my grading and will turn them in today. So now I'll return to blogging. There were so many old posts piled up that I'd neve...

My son is coming up today to see us and we're going to hit the Ren Fair. Tomorrow I've got to get a test graded that I gave yesterda...

I dreamed I was with an army. We were fighting in Asia, either Mongolia or China it seemed. Mostly we were fighting the Chinese who seemed ...

I had a thought last night. I have a lot of them. Most aren’t worth much. I’m not sure this new thought is either. I’m sure it’s not origin...

Even after the egg incident, my innocence knew no bounds. Paul David told me one day that he could pin a glass of water to a concrete wall....

I was something of a naïve child, a trait that my older brothers often exploited mercilessly. Take Paul David, for example. He once taught ...

I guess it's the nature of memoir. A few weeks ago I put the finishing touches on a memoir of mine entitled " The Adventures of an ...

As a psychologist, I often get asked to interpret dreams. My general response is that I have no idea what ‘your’ dream means. For the most ...

Elak of Atlantis , by Henry Kuttner. Planet Stories, 2007, with an introduction by Joe Lansdale. This anthology of some of Henry Kut...

I love poetical language in prose. My favorite books not only tell a decent story, but they tell it in heightened prose, either sheer and l...

Been pretty busy this week. We had mid-terms due. Here are a few things that happened. 1.  I had an amazingly beautiful dream on Wednesday...

I was driving home from a writing conference, meandering my way through mist-cloaked mountains. There was other traffic on the highway, but...

Today is my birthday. Fifty-six now. Hard to believe. I still feel mentally about eighteen, but when I try to get up out of a chair my true ...